Xiaomi 13 vs 12T Pro
70
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 11, 2022, against the Xiaomi 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Shows 23% longer battery life (24:59 vs 20:18 hours)
- Delivers 36% higher peak brightness (1246 against 913 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1743K versus 1469K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
- Has a 0.31 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 414 ppi | 446 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1900 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 86.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.6% | 98.2% |
| PWM | 488 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
12T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 13
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 189 g (6.67 oz) | 205 g (7.23 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP53 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Black, Silver, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3190 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8801 | 11424 |
| Single-core score | 2004 | 1853 |
| Multi-core score | 5311 | 4890 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 579791 | 561039 |
| GPU | 433528 | 242939 |
| Memory | 291203 | 255410 |
| UX | 439427 | 410250 |
| Total score | 1743949 | 1469638 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [27 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1090 | 836 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5308 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3665 | 2791 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-13 (SHtorm) | AnTuTu 11 | 1755989 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (ArJasonStathem) | AnTuTu 12 | 1979341 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Andrewei) | AnTuTu 11 | 1830711 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (Pat) | AnTuTu 11 | 1793929 |
| 📘 2026-08-24 (Simon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1845042 |
Xiaomi 12T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 -> vvalakis | AnTuTu 11 | 1397725 |
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅) | AnTuTu 12 | 1676396 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1667623 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1623425 |
| 📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1505289 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 31.5 GB | 33 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 7 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 0:23 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:47 hr | 08:18 hr |
| Watching video | 14:15 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | 05:04 hr |
| Standby | 127 hr | 94 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 12288 x 16384 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX800 | Samsung HP1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) | 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 75 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Samsung S5K4H7 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | GalaxyCore GC02 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 70 |
| Preview | 68 | 71 |
| Zoom | 131 | 101 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32C | Sony IMX596 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2022 | October 2022 |
| Release date | December 2022 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $750 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Xiaomi 15T Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.998 W/kg | 1 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.997 W/kg | 1 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 120 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 13. It has a better performance, gaming, battery life, connectivity, software, and design.
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